CVE-2025-13818 Local privilege escalation in ESET Management Agent for Windows
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting a race condition in insecure temporary batch file execution within the ESET Management Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13818?
CVE-2025-13818 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESET Management Agent, published on 6 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Local privilege escalation vulnerability via insecure temporary batch file execution in ESET Management Agent
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13818?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Eset Management Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13818?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13818 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13818 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mc8x-4j6m-qj3r.